| Literature DB >> 18663450 |
Satoko Ueda1, Taro Horino, Kaoru Arii, Tatsuhito Morita, Toshihiro Takao, Kozo Hashimoto.
Abstract
A 44-year-old man with intermittent asymmetric migratory oligoarthritis lasting the recent decade was admitted to our hospital. Considerable specific biomarkers for rheumatoid arthritis such as anti-agalactosyl IgG antibody are all negative. He was diagnosed as palindromic rheumatism (PR). Although hand X-rays showed no remarkable findings, hand magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detected pannus and bone erosion. PR is defined as the disease characterized by short-lasting attacks of acute oligoarthritis, without radiographic changes. To our knowledge, the findings of MRI for PR have not been previously described. We propose that MRI findings in patients with PR is useful tool to distinguish PR from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or other RA related diseases.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18663450 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-008-0654-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rheumatol Int ISSN: 0172-8172 Impact factor: 2.631